Crime
Lubbock Woman Gets Probation After Groin-Shot Showdown—Because of Course She Does
In a story that sounds like it was ripped straight from a late-night true-crime reenactment,…
LPD Shocked to Learn Hit-and-Run Drivers Still Don’t Stick Around
Lubbock police released a graphic video of a Nov. 1 hit-and-run on 82nd Street, where…
Seven Years, Two Murder Victims, and One Very Patient Jail: Xavier Garcia Finally Pleads Guilty
It only took seven and a half years, two murdered victims, countless hearings, multiple gag…
Lubbock Says Child Abuse Isn’t Worse Here—We’re Just Really Good at Finding It
Lubbock’s arrest reports keep filling up with child sexual abuse cases, but according to Detective…
Lubbock Man Tries to Be an Uber Driver, Forgets the Part Where Uber Isn’t Kidnapping
Early Saturday morning, a 20-year-old named Jesse Gonzales apparently decided to open his own ride-sharing…
Texas Tech Carjacker Outsmarts Himself, Shockingly Fails
Nothing says “guns up” quite like a 3 a.m. carjacking in a Texas Tech parking…
West Lubbock Live-Action GTA Session Ends with Every Agency Ever Created Responding
A 51-year-old man named Sylas Smart (questionable surname choice) kicked off an afternoon of pure…
Nurse Practitioner Pulled Over With DIY Pharmacy Kit, Shockingly Not “Approved by Boss”
In a plot twist no one saw coming—except literally everyone—39-year-old nurse practitioner Matthew Price was…
Slide Road Standoff: Lubbock Man Solves Bar Dispute the Lubbock Way—With Bullets and a Slow-Motion Car Chase
In the latest installment of “Why Are We Like This?”, 28-year-old Juan Lara III was…